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Warsaw
Senior Controller - Sales & Marketing CEE
Division Professional Hygiene
At Essity, within our Professional Hygiene Business Unit, we are looking for an experienced Senior Commercial Controller to join our team in Poland, based in Warsaw. The Professional Hygiene Portfolio is extensive and important for us it encompasses washroom tissue; wipers and cloths; dispensers; soap, hand lotion and hand sanitizers, napkins and tableware. Our customer segments are quite diversified (i.e. Hotels, Restaurants, Catering, Commercial Office Buildings, healthcare. Industrial, Public interest) and we sell through distributors, e-commerce as well as end customers. Our aspiration is to be the global shaper of professional hygiene solutions.
About The Role
Currently we are looking for a Senior Controller Sales & Marketing CEE (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia).
Reporting to Regional Director Business Control, your primary responsibilities will be to control the delivery of our financial objectives for the CEE organization as well as day to day operational management of CEE financial requirements. You will be responsible for the full financial governance cycle starting from leading planning process (and monitoring/reporting against the plan thereafter), optimizing customer investment whilst partnering and challenging key stakeholders to influence the decision-making process. Ensuring robust control environment and compliance to the accounting and corporate policies and Business Unit guidelines is key to the role. Your main stakeholder will be Commercial Director CEE and you will be part of CEE Sales Management Team. Although solely responsible for the CEE financials, you will be working in the wider Controlling team with peer Controllers responsible for Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and DACH region.
What You Will Do
Manage CEE financial result according to the accounting standards
Monitor and follow-up on the CEE performance and deviations and drive corrective actions where necessary
Challenge and supports the Management Team in all financial aspects (operational and strategic) as the controlling Business Partner by providing insights to full financial value chain
Contribute to monthly consolidation of the Financials (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) and consolidation of long-term financial plans
Drive annual budget preparation and quarterly forecasting
Participates in the Business unit Controlling Network, e.g. to drive best practice within finance and controlling
Drives and supports business improvement projects and business process re-engineering within CEE and wider organization
Secures data integrity of all relevant financial information and planning systems
Who You Are
University degree, preferably in Business, Economics or Finance
Sales & Marketing controlling experience (5+ years)
Excellent experience with and interest for financial information, reporting and planning systems
Solid knowledge of Accounting Standards
Strong analytical, problem solving skills and attention to details
Solid verbal and written skills, able to communicate on different levels
Excellent stakeholder management skills
Performance driven on individual and organizational level
Passionate, “hands on” professional, energetic, entrepreneurial, pro-active and results oriented
Fluent in English
What We Can Offer You
At Essity, we believe everyone's learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.
Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning and Growing in your Career | Supporting Well-being & Sustainable Working Life | Life-changing Innovations | Competitive Total rewards
Together, we are improving lives, every day.
Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.